inhlanzi Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 G'day Raiders Woke to the sound of decent rain on the roof this morning. Had a look at the wind forecasts and that was it ...I headed for the Hawkesbury in the cold and the rain. As usual I tried my regular haunt for the ever elusive big Jews. Got the livies and set out my baits and waited for the tide. Very few boats about and not a lot of wind. Not much action besides the livies. The rain poured down and the skies turned grey. Not a good omen on the 6/6/6! Then all hell broke loose. Not on the Jewie rod but the pass the time rod!! rrrrrrrrttttt jumped and grabed the old penn squidder and yahooo onto something. Wierd kind of a fight but lots of fun on 4kg. Then the beast appeared....big flashes of swirling silver... yes yes yes a nice hairy! Could see it was hooked well so manouvered the fish to the transom After a bit of a struggle got the monster over the side and anto the deck wahooooo. Straight into the esky. Then it all happened again!!!!! 2 x Hairtail on the 6/6/6 not a day I will forget easily... Also managed a nice flattie and a little fat tailor. Boat, fish and gear to get washed and cleaned and some Hairtail slabs to be cooked! So thats all for now. What an amazing day! cheers all inhlanz! PS I will add more pics later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattieman Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 (edited) HAIRTAIL HAIRTAIL HAIRTAIL!!! Flattieman. Edited June 6, 2006 by Flattieman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Saqa Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Great mate They look awesome. Things looking good for the social Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Awsome man, i cant believe you braved the rain definately a keen fisho. wat a great hairy, great pics too awsome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inhlanzi Posted June 6, 2006 Author Share Posted June 6, 2006 Just to give you a size to them. I have not weighed or measured them yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattieman Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Just to give you a size to them. I have not weighed or measured them yet. Now Raiders, if that's not a good omen for the Hairtail Nights, I don't know what is! Looks like we're going to have to raid inhlanzi's secret jewfish hole . Flattieman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattieman Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 CFD Flattieman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottyman Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Wow, what an amazing fish, I've never seen a close up pic of one before so thanks for posting them. Mean look'n suckers aren't they, I heard they had teeth but no idea they were that big - amazing. What are they like on the plate?? An "aquired taste" or generally considered good eating?? Thanks for sharing the pics. Cheers David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattieman Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Wow, what an amazing fish, I've never seen a close up pic of one before so thanks for posting them. Mean look'n suckers aren't they, I heard they had teeth but no idea they were that big - amazing. What are they like on the plate?? An "aquired taste" or generally considered good eating?? Thanks for sharing the pics. Cheers David. The latter on that one, motty - generally considered to be very good eating . Flattieman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inhlanzi Posted June 6, 2006 Author Share Posted June 6, 2006 Hey mottymay they are an amazing fish. I will try and take some more close up pics later tonight. There were a few anxious moments on the back of the boat I can tell ya! You have to be really carefull of them when they are on the deck as the rise up like a snake. I have some of the yakka taht they attacked and you can see the marks they leave. YOU DO NOT WANT ON OF THEM ON YOUR LEG OR ARM. It think Ken has had a nasty runin with one of them. I will tell you how they taste a bit later. Just witing for the to get back from uni cheers inhlanzi Hey Haraka Your payoffline/signature says it all. Cheers inhlanzi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Well done Champ! Firstly for going and having ago in these conditions and secondly your prized catch and putting an end to this myth that there's no more Hairtail out there and even more during the Day!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TunOFun Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Great stuff, and some nice pics. Looks promising for all attending the social Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fishrunner Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Hi inhlanzi, Great fish there and I would like to think you've broken the mythical fishraider hairtail curse . Afew members were even starting to doubt their existance, photo's look great "like silver" well done again cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 not one but two well done mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 so they still do exist Defiently a well deserved effort for heading out in those conditions.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbofisho Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Nice work mate, good stuff! Anyone heard of them turning up the the hacking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kantong Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 awesome fish!!! wowww they are soo mean looking. heres a tip for cooking them. marinate with a curry powder, and then batter and fry yummm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Well done mate top score penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest madsmc Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 That's an excellent pair of hairtail inhlanzi. Love the pics too, top effort. Shane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Soprano Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Absolutely awesome mate! I am one of the younger fishos that thought I had no chance of catching one of these fish because I was seriously beginning to think they were extinct... You have got me fired up now mate that's for sure... Nice pics too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inhlanzi Posted June 8, 2006 Author Share Posted June 8, 2006 Thanks for all the good words Raiders. Start geetting your warm gear and your hairtail tackle ready for the social !! I predict we will be catching some interesting fish that weekend. cheers inhlanzi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomBasher Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 so your saying to catch these fish you need the crap rod set up? So much for all the advice on ways and rigs to catch them. Im bringing all my unlucky rods for the night . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inhlanzi Posted June 8, 2006 Author Share Posted June 8, 2006 Yea BottomBasher - get out your dads and your granddads old penn reel (the one with your new reels old line on it ) and matching rod with rust fused ferrule, use only the dodgey pillies in the burley bucket, make up a mismatched rusted gang hook set (1/0 to 4/0) will do, use a wire leader off and old buggered rapala 18 that you used in the whitsundays and cast very boredly away from your fancy jewie baits. Its that easy...java script:emoticon('',%20'smid_12') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Soprano Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Haha you smart arse! Good on you mate, still jealous over here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomBasher Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 How did know what gear ive got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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